My transplant surgery is scheduled for April 19, 2011!

[AtlantaPatient]

I posted last week that my sister in law Katie had been approved to be my donor.  We have a surgery date of April 19 at Emory Hospital in Atlanta.  Katie will by flying down on Wednesday the 13th and will have her pre-op the next day.  I had my pre-op on Thursday and learned a lot of final details about the process, meds and recovery.  So we are cautiously optimistic that everything will go smoothly from here until the surgery date.  And of course I have a mixture of anxiety and excitement about the actual surgery and recovery. My wife will be looking after me, Katie and our 9 month old Caroline, although we will have some family and friends eager to help out.

Just as a side note, I have about 42 months of waiting time on the list at Emory. I'm type O, with PRA levels less than 10 typically. The surgeons were surprised I'd never gotten a call.

Assuming it all goes well, only 5 more dialysis treatments until surgery!

[boswife]

how exciting!!  It's so wonderful to share this with those of you going through it so keep us informed ok.  Bless that sister in law of yours, and give her many thanks from this stranger    Im really happy for you and your family  that all goes beautifuly for you all ..

[LarryG]

Very happy for you. The countdown is on. I am less than two weeks in after having a kidney transplant and all is going very well. I looked at it like a rocket ship on the launching pad I know you will get off the ground. It has not been as traumatic as I thought it was going to be. My donor is doing very well too.

[willowtreewren]

Good news! 

Keep us posted! 

We are two months post TX. And all is well here, too!